Top 10 Current Affairs February 2025

Union Budget 2025, Jhumur Festival, BCCI Awards 2025 and more! We're back with our February 2025 monthly current affairs roundup, bringing you the most important events and developments from the past month.

This comprehensive current affairs update will boost your General Knowledge and help you stay ahead in UPSC, SSC, Banking, Railways, Defence, State PSC, Teaching Exams, and other competitive exams. Stay informed. Keep reading! 💯

1/ List of New Appointments in India (& others) 2025

Read also- List of Enactment & Enforcement Dates of Important Acts in India

2/ National

2.1/ Union Budget 2025

• Theme: Sabka Vikas

• Presented by: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

• Aim: To stimulate balanced growth across all regions.

• Major highlights: 

  • No Income Tax for annual incomes up to ₹12 lakh, extended to ₹12.75 lakh for salaried taxpayers with deductions.

  • TDS on Rent increased from ₹2.4 lakh to ₹6 lakh

  • The time limit for updated tax returns is extended from 2 to 4 years.

Quick Read: Union Budget 2025: What Happens Before It’s Announced?

2.2/ India's largest Green Ammonia Plant

• Location: Gopalpur (Odisha)

• Help the country transition away from fossil fuel ammonia production

• Developed by Avaada Group in collaboration with Casale (Owned by Casale Holding)

2.3/ India's 1st AI University

• To be established in Maharashtra

• Task force formed by the Maharashtra government, which is being chaired by Parrag Jaiin Nainutala

3/ International

3.1/ Longest spacewalking time by a woman

• Name of astronaut: Sunita Williams

• Accumulated 62 hours and 6 minutes of spacewalking time

• Surpasses Peggy Watson (60 hours and 21 minutes)

• Sunita ranks fourth on NASA’s all-time spacewalking list.

3.2/ First African Nation to Eliminate Onchocerciasis

• Country name: Niger

• Declared by: World Health Organization (WHO)

• Other countries to eliminate Onchocerciasis: Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala & Mexico

• About Onchocerciasis:

  • Caused by a parasitic worm and is transmitted through the bite of infected blackflies.

  • Also known as river blindness.

3.3/ Mountain declared as a legal person

• Country: New Zealand

• Name: Taranaki

• Acknowledges the mountain’s significance to Indigenous Māori people, granting it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.

Did you know: The Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840, was intended to protect Māori rights but was often breached.

4/ States

4.1/ India's 1st WhatsApp-based governance platform

• Mana Mitra App

• State: Andhra Pradesh

• Developed in partnership with Meta

• Aim: Bring all the 161 civil services the government provides directly to the people.

DYK? Andhra Pradesh has become the first state in the world to introduce governance services via WhatsApp.

4.2/State's 1st Biodiversity Heritage Site (BHS)

• State: Gujarat

• Village name: Guneri 

• Geographical Significance: One of the eight known inland mangrove locations globally

• What are Biodiversity Heritage Sites (BHS)?

  • Areas that are rich in biodiversity and are ecologically fragile.

  • Total Biodiversity Heritage Sites in India: 45

4.3/ Celebration of Jhumur Festival

• State: Assam

• World's largest Jhumur dance performance 

• Over 7,500 dancers participated.

• Aims for a Guinness World Record

5/ Schemes & Initiatives

5.1/ PM-JANMAN Package

Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan

5.2/ Bima Trinity

• Launched by: IRDAI

• Aim: To make insurance more accessible, affordable, and efficient.

• Designed to address critical gaps in insurance accessibility and coverage across the country.

• About IRDAI : 

  • IRDAI: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority

  • Founded in: 1999

5.3/ NAKSHA

• Under: Ministry of Rural Development & Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare

• Aim : 

  • To modernize urban land survey processes.

  • Focuses on creating and updating land records for better urban planning.

  • Expected to reduce land disputes and enhance transparency.

  • Will be implemented in 152 ULBs across 26 states and 3 UTs.

6/ Defence

6.1/ Exercise Ekuverin

• Edition: 13th

• Countries: India & Maldives

• Host: Maldives

• Aim: To enhance interoperability between the two forces and is crucial for encouraging bilateral relations.

6.2/ Exercise TROPEX

• Forces involved: Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force

• Location: Indian Ocean Region (IOR)

• Aim: To witness the operation & readiness of the Indian Armed Forces

DYK? Exercise TROPEX is the Indian Navy's largest military exercise.

6.3/ Exercise CYCLONE

• Joint Military exercise

• Countries: India & Egypt

• Location: Rajasthan

7/ Sports

7.1/ U19 Women’s T20 World Cup

• Host: Malaysia

• Edition: 2nd

• Winner: India

• Runners-up: South Africa

• Player of the Tournament: Gongadi Trisha

7.2/ TATA Steel Chessmasters 2025

• Winner: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

• Runners-up: D.Gukesh (World Chess Champion 2024)

• Host: Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)

DYK? R. Praggnanandhaa became the 1st Indian chess player since Vishwanathan Anand won the tournament in 2006.

7.3/ 2nd Oldest Debutant for India

• Format: ODI (One Day International)

• Player name: Varun Chakravarthy (33 years and 164 days)

• Oldest player: Farokh Engineer ( 36 years and 138 days)

8/ Awards

8.1/ BCCI Awards 2025

Winner list: 

• Col. C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award (Men): Sachin Tendulkar

• Polly Umrigar Award 

  • Best International Cricketer (Men): Jasprit Bumrah

  • Best International Cricketer (Women): Smriti Mandhana

• BCCI Special Award: Ravichandran Ashwin

• Best Umpire In Domestic Cricket: Akshay Totre

8.2/ Grammy Awards 2025

• Edition: 67th

• Winner: Chandrika Tandon 

• Winner category: New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album

• Won for her project "Triveni” in collaboration with Wouter Kellerman & Eru Matsumoto

• About Chandrika Tandon: 

  • Founder of Tandon Capital Associates.

  • First Indian-American woman partner at McKinsey & Company.

9/ Reports and Ranking 

9.1/ Top 10 powerful countries in the world

• Released by: Forbes

• Top: USA

• India rank: 12th (GDP of USD 4.27 trillion)

• 5 particular attributes taken into consideration that denote a country's power: A leader; Economic influence; Political influence; Strong international alliances; A strong military

9.2/ List of Asia's Richest Families 

• Released by: Bloomberg

• Top on the list: Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Industries

DYK? According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Mukesh Ambani's net worth was $86.1 billion. 

9.3/ Report on Extreme Weather Events in India

• Released by: Greenwatch

• India ranks as the sixth-most affected country globally between 1993 and 2022.

• The report marks 80,000 fatalities & economic losses amounting to around USD 180 billion.

10/ Obituaries

10.1/ Navin Chawla

• Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India

• Key contributions:

  • Electoral reforms for third-gender voters

  • Advocated for constitutional reforms for Election Commissioners

10.2/ Brian Murphy

• British Actor

• Played George Roper in Man About the House (1973-1976)

10.3/ Aga Khan

• Spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims

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